{"id":24925,"date":"2021-06-20T06:18:54","date_gmt":"2021-06-20T06:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rbsitsoftwaresolution.com\/blog\/voila-ai-artist-before-you-try-the-viral-app-to-become-a-cartoon-heres-what-to-know.html"},"modified":"2021-06-20T06:18:54","modified_gmt":"2021-06-20T06:18:54","slug":"voila-ai-artist-before-you-try-the-viral-app-to-become-a-cartoon-heres-what-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbsitsoftwaresolution.in\/blog\/voila-ai-artist-before-you-try-the-viral-app-to-become-a-cartoon-heres-what-to-know.html","title":{"rendered":"Voila AI Artist: Before you try the viral app to become a cartoon, here’s what to know"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The cartoon avatar craze is thanks to a free app called Voila AI Artist.<\/p>\n

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I’ve tried my fair share of cartoon avatars, from the very first Yahoo Messenger avatar I ever used, to Bitmoji stickers. There’s something I find deeply and irresistibly compelling about seeing myself represented in cartoon form, as if the cartoon has the power to capture my core essence while outstretching a more playful version of myself. When I first saw\u00a0Voila AI Artist’s<\/a>\u00a0version pop up in my Facebook feed, suffusing friends of all ages with an inner glow and supersize eyes quivering with emotion, my eyes went as wide as the cherubic rendering before me. I had to try it out for myself.<\/p>\n

Creations from Voila AI Artist — an app that seemingly popped up out of nowhere — have mushroomed across my Facebook feed and proliferate on Instagram and WhatsApp as well. (Both are owned by Facebook.) The app starts with a photo of your face and renders it into three different cartoon styles to choose from, complete with shading. “Disney” is the adjective that’s popped up most often when friends and coworkers see my avatar. In addition to the cartoon rendering, you’re also able to see yourself from the eyes of Renaissance painters and create a caricature of your mug (or someone else’s).\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Voila AI Artist is free for\u00a0iPhone<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Android<\/a>, with a premium ad-free option as well (more on that, and on the app’s privacy policy, below). At any rate, it took less than five minutes to download the app and make my first cartoon grid. I also learned a few things along the way. Here’s how to do it and what to know.<\/p>\n

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My cousin’s Voila AI Artist photos, which sparked it all. Shared with permission.<\/p>\n

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How to make yourself a cartoon avatar with Voila AI Artist<\/h2>\n

Step 1<\/strong>: Download Voila AI Artist for\u00a0iPhone<\/a> or\u00a0Android<\/a> and launch the app. It will ask for permission to use your phone’s camera roll.<\/p>\n

Step 2<\/strong>: Select from among the four styles: 3D Cartoon (what I used here), Renaissance, 2D Cartoon and Caricature. Tap the arrow to begin.<\/p>\n

Step 3<\/strong>: Your camera roll is now open. Select the photo you want to use, or tap Camera<\/strong> or Celebrities<\/strong> at the bottom of the screen to take a new picture or to search for celebrities. This generates a grid of four options. On the free version, expect to see an ad or two interrupt your view. After a few beats, you can X out the ad and return to your images.<\/p>\n

Step 4<\/strong>: You’ll see four options — the composite grid of your original photo plus your three cartoon renderings and all three renderings (Royalty 3D, Baby 3D and Cartoon 3D). You can either take a screenshot from here and crop it down, or select any of the four options and click the edit button — an up arrow on Android — to immediately share on Facebook, Instagram or WhatsApp, or to email, save or share through other options (when you press More<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

To remove the watermark, speed up the rendering process and remove the ads you see each time you render, you could update to the Voila Pro version for $2 per week, $4 per month or $21 a year — the price at the time of writing. There’s a free, three-day trial with that option.<\/p>\n

What doesn’t work well with Voila AI Artist<\/h2>\n